The Exchange January 2018

As we embark on 2018 and the exciting year ahead, we pause to reflect on the previous year—a period of repositioning, service enrichment and geographic growth. We began 2017 announcing a new brand, executive director and a growing service area that spans multiple states. Our efforts centered on enhancing and expanding services, which are coming [...]

At Reliance, 2017 was a year of repositioning, enrichment of services and growth. The year began with the announcement of a new name, website, and executive director. During the course of the year, Reliance continued its work to provide a more integrated experience for users while continuing work to expand its suite of HIE services. [...]

Provides Participants with More Opportunities to Take Advantage of Performance-based Payments The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has accepted Reliance’s application to provide Qualified Clinical Data Registry (QCDR) for the 2018 performance period of the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS).   As the only authorized QCDR in Oregon, Reliance provides you with additional [...]

Earlier this month OHA announced that Reliance eHealth Collaborative was selected to provide onboarding services for the Health Information Exchange (HIE) Onboarding Program. The HIE Onboarding Program will provide financial support for certain initial costs of connecting (onboarding) priority Medicaid providers to a community-based HIE that provides meaningful HIE opportunities and that plays a vital [...]

In late 2017, Reliance piloted a new experience for our eReferrals users in Central Oregon. Participating providers had an opportunity to use Reliance’s new eReferrals application. The enhancements made to eReferrals includes: Web-based applications that no longer require a node on your server, saving set up and maintenance time and disk space; Shared patient demographic [...]

Dan O'Donoghue joined the Reliance eHealth Collaborative staff in June 2017 as an implementation specialist for the Columbia Gorge region. Dan helps Reliance participating providers and users with refresher training sessions and training new participants or users in existing participating organization. He also prides himself on offering excellent customer service and working with Reliance users [...]